Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 490 Orochimaru: Hollows are a highly infectious power!

Upon hearing Aizen Sousuke's question, Orochimaru, though somewhat puzzled, humbly replied, "I merely have a few of my own insights."

After making a humble remark, Orochimaru countered, "Aizen-kun, what are your thoughts?"

Clearly, the equally clever and cunning Orochimaru had already sensed something unusual. After all, Aizen's sudden question couldn't possibly be out of concern for him, could it?

Aizen smiled and said, "It's just an idea for now. Once we return to Seireitei and fulfill our promise, perhaps Orochimaru-sensei will understand what I'm thinking."

The so-called agreement was, of course, Aizen's invitation to Orochimaru to visit the Great Spirit Book Corridor.

Orochimaru was also looking forward to it.

However, the conversation between the two made it seem as if they were the masters of the Great Spiritual Library, which was somewhat unorthodox.

"Then I'll look forward to it." Orochimaru nodded with a smile.

After finishing the discussion about the Quincy, Orochimaru asked, "I heard that not long ago, during the search for Quincy hiding in the human world, your Eighth Division discovered and captured another group of peculiar psychic users?"

"It was Lieutenant-Captain Yadomaru and Lieutenant-Captain Ōmaeda who led the capture." Aizen Sōsuke nodded and said, "At first, we thought they were Quincy, but later we found out that they didn't seem to be. They called themselves Fullbringers."

"If he wasn't a Quincy, were you released in the end?" Orochimaru asked again.

"No, not at all." Aizen immediately shook his head and said, "Perhaps it's because we're all human? Or maybe it's for some other reason. In any case, there's a small group of Fullbringers who have a very good relationship with Quincy and they've been working together to launch an attack on us, so we've captured them as well. As for how to handle it in the end, it seems that Captain Kyoraku and Captain Shihouin haven't made a decision yet."

"Is it at the Chonglingdi camp?" Orochimaru asked, suddenly intrigued.

"Hmm, they should be being held in the Second Division's guard area. Orochimaru-sensei, are you very interested in those so-called Fullbringers?" Aizen Sousuke asked with a hint of curiosity.

He had only heard about it, and because he had been studying and thinking about the strange things about the Quincy recently, he hadn't paid much attention to these so-called "Fullbringers".

It's not uncommon for so-called "psychic" individuals to appear in the world from time to time.

These psychics are mostly gifted individuals, but their abilities are limited to ordinary people. They can sense the "spirits" in the mortal world. After death, when their souls arrive in Soul Society, they often experience hunger and other symptoms. If they are lucky, they might gradually become Shinigami (death gods) of Seireitei.

Because this kind of thing wasn't very conspicuous, when Aizen Sousuke heard about Fullbringers, he just assumed they were some ordinary group of psychics and didn't pay much attention to it.

But the fact that Orochimaru was so interested in mentioning this group made Aizen feel uneasy.

Perhaps, these Fullbringers are not the ordinary group of psychics I thought they were?

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"Yes, I only heard Urahara Kisuke mention it not long ago. Fullbringers were actually marked by the Seireitei a long time ago, but the number of people in this group is very small, so not many people know about it. If I hadn't met them this time, Urahara Kisuke would have almost forgotten that there was such a special group of people," Orochimaru said.

Before Aizen Sousuke could even speak...

Orochimaru then laughed and said, "According to Kisuke Urahara, a Fullbringer is a combination of human and Hollow power. Usually, a Fullbringer is born when the mother is attacked by a Hollow during the embryonic development process, but does not die, and thus survives by chance. In one out of ten thousand, she is infected with the power of the Hollow, and thus becomes a combination of human and Hollow."

"No wonder I've never heard of it; it seems to be extremely rare," Aizen remarked with a sigh.

The mother is pregnant, attacked by a Hollow, and survives. Not only does she survive, but she also needs to be infected by the Hollow's power in order to truly give birth to a Fullbringer. Isn't that absurd?

In ten thousand fake attacks, it's unlikely that such a coincidence would occur even once.

After making a few remarks, Aizen asked again, "So, Orochimaru-sensei, you intend to use them for research?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking." Orochimaru licked his lips, revealing a wicked smile. "Back then, you hadn't graduated from the academy yet, and information was strictly controlled. I don't know if the Spirit Lord mentioned it to you, but he went to Hueco Mundo to rescue the Sixth and Eleventh Divisions. The enemy he encountered there was named Saito Immortal."

"I have heard of Saito's immortality, after all, he was the first captain of the Sixth Division and seems to have a connection with the current three noble families, the Kuchiki family, but I haven't heard anything about him since then," Aizen immediately shook his head and said.

"In short, Saito is incredibly strong because she's immortal; even Kenpachi Kuruyashiki was defeated by her," Orochimaru said.

"That's really impressive," Aizen Sousuke said, slightly surprised.

Among the Gotei 13, there are three extremely strong individuals: the Captain-Commander, the Spirit Lord, and Kenpachi.

Although it seems there is some gap between Kenpachi and the Spirit Lord and Captain-Commander throughout history, he is not qualified to compete for the title of "Strongest Shinigami".

However, no one dared to underestimate Kenpachi's name, especially Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, who had been invited to join the Zero Division multiple times under the pretext of "superb martial arts," which was unprecedented.

When Aizen heard that Kenpachi Kuruyashiki had been defeated in Hueco Mundo and would have died on the spot if his teacher hadn't come to his rescue, he was somewhat surprised.

"Saito was immortal and broke the boundaries of the Shinigami with the power of Hollows. Later, the Spirit Lord talked to me about this in private, saying that Saito was immortal at that time, and perhaps in his prime, he had already surpassed the Captain-Commander," Orochimaru said mysteriously in a low voice.

"Huh?" Aizen looked at Orochimaru with some surprise, and after a moment said, "A Hollow?"

"You can investigate the specifics yourself when you return to Seireitei; you should be able to find out then," Orochimaru said softly.

It's unlikely that the epic battle between Bane and Saito, who were both immortal, could be found in Hueco Mundo, since the Great Book of Spirits only records events in Soul Society.

However, the Soul Society's research on the fusion of Hollow and Shinigami powers, including Hollowfication, from ancient times, must have been recorded in the Great Scripture Corridor.

Seeing Aizen's dazed expression, as if he had opened up a new world, Orochimaru smiled and continued, "In short, what we know so far is that the power of Hollows is extremely infectious, unlike us Shinigami who have stable control over our power. It's like Hueco Mundo and Soul Society—one is orderly, the other chaotic. Perhaps it is precisely because of this chaotic nature that it is more unpredictable. Powerful Shinigami like Saito, who is immortal, and weak embryos in the womb of ordinary humans, can all be infected by the power of Hollows and break through their original limits. This is a topic that interests me a lot. The reason I want samples of Fullbringers is to study these things."

Clearly, Orochimaru's idea is extremely dangerous, as research into Hollow powers has always been strictly prohibited by the Seireitei.

This also shows that Orochimaru regarded Aizen as one of his own kind, and he felt that Aizen would definitely be interested in him as well.

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Not only that, Mayuri Kurotsuchi also intends to participate in this project on Fullbringers and Hollows!

Kisuke Urahara was undoubtedly a very intelligent person, and he was also Orochimaru's sycophant. So, from the moment he revealed the information about the Jutsu users, he knew that Orochimaru would definitely look into these matters.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Kisuke Urahara is more principled than Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, and seems like a decent person.

However, he did have his own ideas about this matter. In the original story, this guy was the first person to research the Hogyoku, which was a serious violation of the laws of Soul Society and Seireitei.

It can only be said that these scientists are all somewhat mad at heart. It's just that Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi had already gone mad long ago, while Kisuke Urahara's madness was developing more slowly.

Although none of Orochimaru, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, or Kisuke Urahara have explicitly stated their intentions so far, it has all been an expression of their attitude and a test of their intentions.

But it's estimated that this will be the first collaboration between these three mad scientists from Soul Society!

This shows how attractive the chaotic nature of the void, its power to break boundaries, and its unknown changes are to them.

"Orochimaru-sensei, you're telling me all this." Aizen Sousuke smiled as he came to his senses.

"You're allowed to bait me, but I'm not allowed to provide the bait?" Orochimaru smiled sinisterly, making no attempt to conceal his intentions.

Orochimaru knew very well that Aizen Sousuke wanted to catch up with Ban'en, but as things stood, even though Aizen Sousuke was a once-in-a-millennium genius in Soul Society, it would probably be difficult for him to achieve that.

Therefore, if there really is a power and method that can break through the boundaries, Orochimaru thinks that Aizen would definitely be tempted.

That brat is trying every means to drag himself into this mess, although we don't yet know what his intentions are.

But Orochimaru, on the other hand, also wanted to drag Aizen, a genius, down with him.

If everyone appreciates each other, then there's nothing wrong with doing the same things, right?

Clearly, Aizen was very interested. After pondering for a moment, he said, "I once happened to see some records about the Western Bureau of the Underworld in the Great Spirit Book Corridor. They have been dealing with a relatively weak but highly infectious spiritual disaster called 'Dragon,' which is different from Hollows but has some connection with them. This infectiousness, and the fact that they have had cases of people adapting to the Dragon Virus, may be of some help and inspiration to Orochimaru-sensei."

"Is that so?" Orochimaru stroked his smooth chin and nodded. "Then I'll have to pay more attention to the things in this Western Frontier Bureau. Although I've heard it's a harsh and barren place, judging from what you're saying, it might actually have some merit."

Now is clearly not a good time or place to discuss these matters in depth.

So after a brief exchange, Orochimaru and Aizen stopped talking about it.

The two exchanged information about the battle in the real world, and both believed that it wouldn't be long before they ended their campaign against the Quincy in the real world.

The Commander-in-Chief has no intention of exterminating the Quincy. His current plan is to reduce the Quincy to a suitable level and then drive them out of the Eastern Frontier Bureau, letting them go back to their hometown and play with the Western Frontier Bureau.

(End of this chapter)